Peacock‘s “Long Bright River,” based on Liz Moore’s best-selling novel and adapted to television by Moore and Nikki Toscano, offers audiences a much more distinctive tale than the typical murder mystery. The limited series, which centers on Philadephia patrol cop Mickey Fitzpatrick (an outstanding Amanda Seyfried), is a layered narrative about two sisters, an inescapable family history and a community doomed by poverty, addiction and negligence.
With a team of women directors at the helm, “Long Bright River” opens in Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood. A young, unhoused woman awakens in her tent and heads to the avenue to begin her workday. Settling into a car, she immediately realizes something is
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